Obama Asks for Some Cheese and Crackers to Go with His Whine

I had written in February of 2009, the second month of Obama's administration here, about his whining about the mess he's inherited. If someone takes a job, saying he can do it better, then end of story. Good leaders never badmouth who they replace. It's bad form to say the least.

It shows a serious lack of leadership when year and four months after assuming the position, that Obama is still blaming Bush and Republicans for the problems we're having. Speaking in Buffalo, NY, yesterday, he did just that. He said that he and his party moved "quickly" to fix the financial problems when he came to power, and that the whole time he's been in office Republicans have been doing their best to "gum up the works". Note to Obama, Republicans have no power. Both houses of Congress controlled by Dems, with him in the executive branch, and the judicial branch pretty much makes socialist rulings from the bench.

Republicans could not and cannot stop him and he got, and gets, his way, things get worse, and it's somebody else's fault? What, if Republicans had voted for all his socialist programs they would have worked?

Reagan came into office facing a worse situation. Unemployment was double digit, inflation was double digit, the military had been gutted, Carter had been talking about the 'cultural malaise', and interest rates were double digit (at one point 21.5%). All that and Congress was Democrat controlled. He didn't say one word about his predecessor, or whine about the mess he inherited. During his administration, while not bad mouthing his opposition or his predecessor, the economy grew by 31%, manufacturing grew by 48%, 18.4 million jobs were created, per capita income grew by 20%, and exports grew by 92.6%. He did this with the Democrats controlling both houses of Congress and opposing him every step of the way.

Obama on his opposition: "Their basic attitude has been, if Democrats lose, we win. After they drove the car in the ditch, made it as difficult as possible for us to pull it back, now they want the keys back. No. They can't drive. We don't want to have to go back in the ditch."

Obama and the Dems believe increased government control, higher tax rates and increased spending, printing and borrowing money is the solution. Republicans believe the opposite (with the exception of some RINO's). A reminder here that the Democrats from the 1930's to the present have controlled Congress, with the exception of a couple times, in the 1950's and 1990's. Over two thirds of a century of Democrat control. The Republicans lost the last two election cycles because they became Dem Lite, not because they opposed the Dems.

In the same vein as Obama whining, have you noticed the Dems whining about the Gulf oil spill? They are saying it's Bush, Cheney and Halliburton's fault. I even read the comments of some knucklehead congressman that it was Reagan's fault!

Waawaaawaaaa.....grow up and take responsibility people. You said you could do a better job, and you're not, so don't blame others for your incompetence and bad policies.